A text override is a format that is not part of the Paragraph Style definition and included in the Paragraph Style Options. Overrides are indicated on the Paragraph Styles panel as a + symbol next to the style name. You can also choose Toggle Style Override Highlighter from the Paragraph Styles panel menu to highlight, in cyan, where overrides have been applied.
While overrides are not always a bad thing, if there are too many, it can undermine the use of Paragraph Styles to efficiently and consistently format the text.
Clear all text style overrides makes it possible to clear overrides for the whole document in way that is not otherwise possible in InDesign.
Although CSS there is a styling attribute to make text uppercase, not all reading systems support. This feature ensures that text intended to be in all caps actually appears in all caps.
Styles ensure consistent formatting and make allow users to edit documents more efficiently
Choose a style name from a predefined list, or create a custom named style. Once the style has been created, it can be automatically applied to all text in the document with the same formatting.
Click to remove all forced line breaks (soft returns) from text, replacing them where necessary with a word space.
Adding forced line breaks to text (InDesign Type Menu > Insert Break Character > Forced Line Break) is a traditional editorial technique to provide more pleasing line breaks that may help with understanding or avoid unwanted hyphenation or line endings elsewhere whiten a paragraph.
Forced line brake can become problematic when text is subsequently edited or repositioned and are particularly unwanted when text can be expected to reflow in an reflowable ebook.
Use (InDesign Type Menu > Show Hidden Characters) to show the forced line hidden character.
